This will take you to the online form to register your individual or community sales.

Thanks, John

STUDENT OF THE WEEK IS BACK!

Witte Physical Therapy would like to announce a few changes to our annual Student of the Week program. We continue to look for nominations from local community members, teachers, coaches, athletic directors, or anybody else who would like to nominate a deserving student. The student could be from Conestoga, Elmwood-Murdock, Louisville, or Weeping Water Public Schools. Please see the criteria below.

Criteria:

The student must be an enrolled 7th-12th grade student at Conestoga, Elmwood- Murdock, Louisville, or Weeping Water

The student must participate in at least 1 extra-curricular activity outside of normal class work.

The student must be nominated from someone outside of their family and be verified by the school before their nomination can be

Nominations are due the first and third Fridays of the month. Please send an email to your school athletic director or principle for verification prior to sending it toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Nominations must include the student’s name, parent(s)’ name(s), activities involved in, grade and school attended, and reason for nomination. Additional information including pictures would be appreciated!

The selected student will be posted on Facebook and Twitter pages belonging to Witte Physical Therapy on Tuesday mornings for consecutive weeks. A post will also be submitted to the weekly newsletters for Murray, Elmwood, Murdock, Louisville, Weeping Water, and Manley on that day for a post on the following Wednesday and that week in the Plattsmouth Journal.

The selected student will have the opportunity to stop by Witte Physical Therapy in Louisville and receive a free t-shirt or water bottle along with their parents.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2017!

Bids for playground equipment we don't have enough space to install will be accepted by mail or at the Village Office. Buyer is responsible for loading and transport of equipment. As is. Can be seen at the basketball court next to Alvo Fire & Rescue Station, 135 Main Street, Alvo, NE.

Thanks to Karen for the Nebraska State flag - it will fly until March 1st, 2018 to celebrate Nebraska 150.

Big improvement - 34 counties have normal soil moisture; no severe drought conditions anywhere. Nationally, only 15 states have normal moisture conditions. Click on the image to see how Nebraska compares to other states. Click HERE to see a slide show of of the national map.

Daylight hours

Full moon is Wednesday, Sep 6th at 02:03 AM

Click on this animated moon for what it looks like now.

Moon data from the US Naval Observatory.

Nothing really funny is happening now.

Thank you, Paul Bagley

Thank you, Jeff Koterba, Omaha World-Herald

Aug 30th, 1963 - Hotline communication link between the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the Kremlin in Moscow installed. Often known as the "red telephone" no phones were ever used relying instead on Teletype equipment, fax machines and most recently secure email.

Click on the picure for a NY Times article

“Must a world be lost for want of a telephone call?”- Jess Gorkin

Aug 31st, 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.

Click on for Elton John singing at her funeral

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.” - Princess Diana

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded." - Princess Diana

"Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism." - Benito Mussolini

1939 - Hitler orders extermination of the mentally ill.

"All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach." - Adolf Hitler

1945 - The formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II (US date, 2nd September in Japan)

“We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world …”- Harry S. Truman

Sep 2nd, 1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi.

Click on John's image for a Washington Post article and on her picture for Wikipedia article

Sep 3rd, 1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.

Click on the picture for the Gratton Massacre account

Click on the picture for the Nebraska 150 account

"I have lived on this frontier for 50 years, and I have never yet known an instance in which war broke out between these tribes that the tribes were not in the right. I never yet knew an Indian chief to break his word!" - General William S. Harney

Sep 4th, 2012 - Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting unusual footsteps is developed.

Click on Goofy for the Smart Carpet story

"Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die." - Anonymous

Sep 5th, 1889 - German Christine Hardt patents the first modern brassiere

“I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.” - Dolly Parton

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

Thanks, Steve Breen

Supported in part by Cass County Tourism. (Click on the logo to go to the web site)